Snap Fit returns for Fownes, In-form Size saddles seven
Injury halted the Caspar Fownes-trained Snap Fit’s burgeoning career last season, but this Wednesday (20 January) the handler’s talented six-year-old returns from a 10-month break...
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Pike turns back the clock with Sacred Elixir
Fairytales don’t often come true, but Tony Pike is very hopeful that comeback horse Sacred Elixir can provide him with one. Sacred Elixir was one...
John Size returns to Sha Tin on Sunday seeking more Group 1 glory
John Size will bid for a seventh Group 1 Stewards’ Cup (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (24 January) as Waikuku throws down the gauntlet...
Kwok Passionate About Kiwi Thoroughbreds
Spend some time having a chat with Hong Kong resident Ben Kwok and it doesn’t take long to work out he has a real love...
Dubai’s World Cup looms as possible target for Elusive State
Elusive State’s win in Sunday’s Class 1 Egret Handicap (1650m) has Tony Millard contemplating a high-stakes Middle East tilt. The US$20 million Saudi Cup in...
Antoine Hamelin notches career-best five-timer
Frenchman Antoine Hamelin banished the frustrations of a recent barren streak to produce the first quintet of his career to steal the show at Sha...
Beauty Generation to be farewelled at Sha Tin in special ceremony
Beauty Generation, one of the greatest champions in the history of Hong Kong racing, will be farewelled in a special ceremony on Sunday, 24 January....
Dubai beckons for Kings Shield but first it’s Sunday’s dirt feature
Kings Shield (133lb) has developed into a dominant force on the dirt in Hong Kong and this Sunday (17 January) at Sha Tin he’ll look...
Peter Ho registers 600th Hong Kong win
Teaming with the prolific Joao Moreira, Peter Ho struck a David and Goliath blow for the smallest stable in Hong Kong by lodging his 600th...
Golden Sixty tunes up ahead of Group 1 Stewards’ Cup tilt
After his devastating win in last month’s Group 1 LONGINES Hong Kong Mile, hometown hero Golden Sixty pleased his connections at Sha Tin yesterday morning...
Harmony N Blessed shapes as stepping stone for Hayes and Shinn
David Hayes and Blake Shinn will reunite with Harmony N Blessed at Happy Valley on Wednesday (13 January) night, optimistic the unbeaten sprinter can deliver...
Not Usual Talent upstages Four-Year-Old Classic Series hopefuls
Reprising a latent winning habit, Not Usual Talent’s gate-crashing victory in the Class 2 Choi Hung Handicap (1400m) ended an 11-race losing streak while delivering...
Joao Moreira has faith in Excellent Proposal
With a respectful eye on several rivals, Joao Moreira is bullish about the chances of Excellent Proposal (132lb) in the Class 2 Choi Hung Handicap...
Lui has Lucky Patch on Classic Mile trail
After clean-sweeping last season’s Four-Year-Old Classic Series with the brilliant Golden Sixty, trainer Francis Lui is looking to Lucky Patch (117lb) this time around and...
Hayes to unleash Beauty Joy in testing Sha Tin debut
David Hayes will cast unbeaten Beauty Joy (116lb) into a daunting Sha Tin initiation in the Class 2 Choi Hung Handicap (1400m) on Sunday (10...
Savvy Nine breaks his Hong Kong maiden in style
A collaboration of champion jockeys – past and present – and brutal discipline paved the way for Savvy Nine to belatedly break his Hong Kong...
Singapore Sling returns to Happy Valley for Group 3 January Cup challenge
Singapore Sling (123lb) returns to Happy Valley tonight (6 January) for the first time since December 2017 with jockey Chad Schofield hoping the gelding can...
John Size finds a winning solution for Champion’s Way
John Size’s decision to bypass Hong Kong’s lucrative LONGINES Hong Kong International Races was vindicated handsomely when Champion’s Way ended an 18-month drought by snaring...
Fownes’ chance pays with Explosive win in Group 3 Bauhinia Sprint Trophy
Caspar Fownes’ chance with the lowly rated Explosive Witness (113lb) paid off at Sha Tin yesterday (Friday, 1 January) as the Australian-bred exceeded expectations to...
Zac Purton hopeful Czarson can make his mark on grass
Yet to be convinced of Czarson’s affinity with Sha Tin’s turf track, Zac Purton is hopeful the brilliant last-start winner is able to transfer compelling...
Tony Cruz believes less is more with Computer Patch
Far from dismayed with Computer Patch’s recent 1200m form at elite level, Tony Cruz is banking on the former Australian galloper’s drop to 1000m for...
Caspar Fownes heads to Sha Tin New Year’s Day with conservative hopes
The Group 3 Chinese Club Challenge Cup Handicap (1400m) – the second of two New Year’s Day features – sits as a symbolic 2020 launching...
Richard Gibson praises mafoo as Wellington makes triumphant return
As has become customary, Joao Moreira was the headline act with a Boxing Day quartet but, in Richard Gibson’s eyes, mafoo (stable assistant) Josephine Kwok...
Overseas still an option for Elusive State but first it’s Saturday’s feature
Elusive State is among Hong Kong’s top-ranking dirt-track specialists and this Saturday (26 December) at Sha Tin he’ll contest the headline act, the Class 2...
Joao Moreira notches another milestone – and a treble
Joao Moreira’s startling ascent into racing’s stratosphere has encompassed yet another milestone with the Brazilian becoming only the third jockey in history to notch 1000...